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E. K. WOOD AND R. W. HENRY, OF DE WITT, IOWA,

Letters Patent No. 61,696, dated January 29, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, E. K. WOOD and R. W. HENRY, of De'Witt, county ofClinton, and State of Iowa,

have invented a new and useful Improved Oil; and we do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart'to make and use the same.

The present, invention relates to -i. new and improved oil, to be usedin lieu of linseed oil in the mixing of paints, which oil is composed ofthe ingredients mixed together in or about the proportions as will benow stated: ten gallons of carbon oil; fifteen pounds of common clearresin four ounces of beeswax; four ouncesof litharge one ounce of gumoaoutc'hone; one gallon of spirits of turpentine.-

The carbon oil and resin, in the proportions above named, are firstmixed together, by subjeeting them to heat until the resin has becomefully and thoroughly dissolved, when to this compound, while hot, thebeeswax andlitharge, in the proportions stated, are added, first,however, having been boiled together until of a dark brown color, andallowed to cool and settle. To the above the gum eaoutehouc is thenadded, first, however,-

dissolving it in the one gallon of spirits of turpentine, when themixture or oil is ready foruse.

The oil made as above described can be used for all kinds ot paints thesame as linseed oil, and when used forms a surface well adapted toexposure to the sun and atmospheric elements, as well as impervious tothe water, and possessing as good a. body as paint formed from linseedoil.

We claim as new, and desire toseeure by Letters Patent- The oil made ofthe ingredients, mixed together in or about the proportions and in themanner substantially as described for the purpose specified.

The above specification of our invention signed by us this 9th day ofOctober, 1865 E. K. WOOD.

R. W., HENRY.

Witnesses:

J. C. Krsmnnon, Fonms J. NYE.

